Robert M. "Rob" Fleetwood

Robert M. "Rob" Fleetwood

recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021
Awarded Practice Areas
Banking and Finance Law Financial Services Regulation Law
Awarded Practice Areas
Banking and Finance Law Financial Services Regulation Law
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34 Best Lawyers awards

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Biography

Rob has more than 25 years of experience advising financial institutions on mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings, recapitalizations, and contract negotiations. Clients have commented that Rob is personable, efficient, strategic, and committed to his clients’ success.

Rob is a co-chair of Barack Ferrazzano’s Financial Institutions Group. Rob focuses his practice on serving financial institutions in all their corporate needs, including advising them on their strategic transactions, general contracts, corporate governance, and their continued compliance with federal and state securities laws, reporting under the Securities Exchange Act. Rob has been fortunate enough to develop deep relationships with the clients he serves and has represented many of those clients as outside counsel for over a decade.

Rob is an adjunct professor in banking law at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. He was an adjunct professor of securities law in the graduate program in financial services law at the Chicago Kent College of Law for five years. Rob is also a frequent speaker in the financial institutions and securities law areas to trade associations and professionals.

Works at
Barack Ferrazzano

34 Best Lawyers awards

Barack Ferrazzano logo

Locations

Education

  • University of Michigan, B.A., graduated 1995
  • Northwestern University, J.D., graduated 1998

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois, Illinois State Bar Association

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Financial Services Regulation Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • Securities Regulation

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